Hello All. Tank, my dad, and I had a great time in San Diego, but we missed you all. The conference was good, and the weather was awesome!!! I heard that SN was amazing. Thanks to all of the SN volunteer staff who give so much to our little community, and also, thanks to Jason for stepping in to share in our absence. I heard great things about the teaching time last night. We celebrate you and Sarah as dear friends.

We learned a lot this week. Some of the sessions helped to reaffirm our committment to creating a community rather than just a "service". We are looking for ways to make this more evident. I value what we do together. This is why the seating at our gatherings is at tables and why we have multiple people speaking instead of just one or two people. I want to encourage us also to develop our community outside the gathering. If we just come together once a week, we are not becoming what the church is all about. Specifically, how can we bring together our younger and...not as younger groups? There is so much value in multi-generational relationships and that's something I want to see us capture.

In related news, don't forget our outreach March 4th. We're meeting at 1pm at the church. Let's have a good showing for this.

Also, our first community gathering, which is a fancy name for lunch at the Smiths house, is March 11th at 12pm. EVERYONE is welcome!!! All small groups, etc. will grow out or center from this gathering. If you have been to SN every week or one time, or never, you are welcome this month and every month (we will do this every 2nd Saturday).

This week, we will look at the season of Lent, specifically the celebration of Ash Wednesday. We will do this...on Saturday. See you then!